Dallas Stars Blog

Top draft picks in Stars history: No. 1

Mike Heika, Dallas Stars beat writer for The Dallas Morning News and SportsDayDFW.com, is counting down the top 10 draft picks the Stars have had in their history.

Mike Modano (1st overall, 1988) — This seems simple, but it’s easy to mess up these types of picks. Modano not only is the best player in franchise history, he really was a key to selling Texas on hockey. Trevor Linden (the second player picked) was a fantastic overall player, but the guess is he would not have had the same impact on the franchise as Modano.